The Medieval Tale of the Lover's Gift Regained

Author / Editor
Nicholson, Peter.

Title
The Medieval Tale of the Lover's Gift Regained

Published
Fabula 21 (1980): 200-22.

Description
J. W. Spargo has not proved the existence of an extraliterary tradition among texts written by Chaucer and Boccaccio. The oral circulation of the tale does not support the hypothesis that Chaucer and Boccaccio had a common source.

Chaucer Subjects
Shipman and His Tale.
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.